LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) — Two women were found shot in a crashed car in Beach Park on Sunday, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
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Deputies said the women had left a bar in North Chicago shortly before 2 a.m.
As they were driving home on Green Bay Road, a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat pulled up and started to shoot at the women and drove off.
The women crashed their vehicle into a ditch near Green Bay Road and Bonnie Brook Lane after the shooting.
According to the sheriff’s office, one of the women had sustained a gunshot wound in the eye, while the other had been shot in the leg. Both victims were promptly transported to local hospitals for treatment, and they are both expected to recover from their injuries.
Law enforcement officers made multiple attempts to stop the suspects in three separate incidents, but on each occasion, the suspects managed to evade capture by fleeing the scene. The suspects were initially sighted in Waukegan near Sunset Avenue, then near Route 41 and Route 173, and later on Route 173 traveling eastbound, as reported by the sheriff’s office.
During the pursuit, a Zion police officer employed a tire deflation device to stop the suspects’ vehicle as it was heading eastbound on Route 173. Despite the attempt to continue driving, the suspects eventually lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a wooded area close to the intersection of Route 173 and Joana Avenue in Zion.
The suspects ran away, but with the help of K-9 officers, officers arrested a man and a male juvenile.
A rifle and pistol were recovered from the Dodge, and an additional pistol was found in a backyard near where one of the offenders was placed in custody.
It is believed the Dodge was stolen from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
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